Stakeholder Mapping for Adaptation in Deltas
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Working Paper Stakeholder Mapping For Adaptation in Deltas Contributing Authors: Asish Ghosh; Clare Lizamit Samling; Cynthia Addoquaye Tagoe; Winfred Nelson; Adelina Mensah; Mashfiqus Salehin; Md. Shahjahan Mondal; Chris Spray Reviewers: Katharine Vincent, Kulima; Craig Hutton, University of Southampton Editors: Andrew Allan, University of Dundee; Nina Hissen, University of Dundee. WP 1 - Stakeholder Mapping for Adaptation in Deltas Citation: Allan, A., Hissen, N.F., Ghosh, A., Samling, C.L., Tagoe, C. A., Nelson, W., Mensah, A., Salehin, M., Mondal, Md. S., Spray, C. 2015. WP1 – Stakeholder Mapping Consolidated Fast Track. DECCMA Working Paper, Deltas, Vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation, IDRC Project Number 107642. Available online at: www.deccma.com, date accessed About DECCMA Working Papers This series is based on the work of the Deltas, Vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA) project, funded by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) through the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA). CARIAA aims to build the resilience of vulnerable populations and their livelihoods in three climate change hot spots in Africa and Asia. The program supports collaborative research to inform adaptation policy and practice. Titles in this series are intended to share initial findings and lessons from research studies commissioned by the program. Papers are intended to foster exchange and dialogue within science and policy circles concerned with climate change adaptation in vulnerability hotspots. As an interim output of the DECCMA project, they have not undergone an external review process. Opinions stated are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the policies or opinions of IDRC, DFID, or partners. Feedback is welcomed as a means to strengthen these works: some may later be revised for peer-reviewed publication. Contact Andrew Allan Tel: +44 1382 388894 Email: [email protected] Nina Hissen Tel: +44 1382 388894 Email: [email protected] Creative Commons License This Working Paper is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Articles appearing in this publication may be freely quoted and reproduced provided that i) the source is acknowledged, ii) the material is not used for commercial purposes, and iii) any adaptations of the material are distributed under the same license. 2 WP 1 - Stakeholder Mapping for Adaptation in Deltas Table of Content 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 5 1.1. Methodological Approach to Stakeholder Mapping ....................................................... 5 1.2. Conceptualization of Stakeholder Engagement ............................................................ 7 1.3. Outline of the report ...................................................................................................... 7 2. THE BANGLADESH DELTA ............................................................................................... 9 2.1. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 9 2.2. Stakeholder Mapping .................................................................................................... 9 3. INDIAN BENGAL DELTA ...................................................................................................13 3.1. Stakeholder mapping ...................................................................................................14 4. MAHANADI DELTA (India) .................................................................................................17 4.1. Physical profile ............................................................................................................17 4.2. Stakeholder mapping ...................................................................................................17 5. THE VOLTA DELTA (Ghana) .............................................................................................20 5.1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................20 5.2. Stakeholder Mapping ...................................................................................................20 6. CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................................................25 6.1. Reflections and next steps ...........................................................................................27 7. APPENDICES ....................................................................................................................29 7.1. Appendix A: Stakeholders in the Bangladesh Delta .....................................................29 3 WP 1 - Stakeholder Mapping for Adaptation in Deltas 7.2. Appendix B: Stakeholder table from the Indian Bengal Delta .......................................34 7.3. Appendix C: Communication strategy for the Indian Bengal Delta ...............................37 7.4. Appendix D: Identified stakeholders in the Mahanadi Delta .........................................42 7.5. Appendix E: Communication strategy for the Mahanadi Delta .....................................45 7.6. Appendix F - Profiles of Districts in the Volta Delta ......................................................48 7.7. Appendix G: Deccma Ghana Stakeholders Influence-Interest Matrix In Receiving And Sending .................................................................................................................................54 7.8. Appendix H: Stakeholder Engagement Strategy for the Volta Delta .............................74 8. References .........................................................................................................................88 4 Introduction WP 1 - Stakeholder Mapping for Adaptation in Deltas 1. INTRODUCTION The DECCMA project aims to develop the understanding and tools needed for sustainable adaptation in deltas. In this context, work package 1 (WP1) primarily aims at devising proper engagement procedures for understanding the capacity of the governance system to support migration and gender-sensitive sustainable adaptation in deltaic environments under changing climate; as well as ensuring that each delta region affords sufficient emphasis on governance and stakeholder engagement. This report focuses on the preparation of stakeholder maps for the four case areas (WT1.1.1). This report outlines stakeholder engagement activities between 1st October, 2014 – 31st August 2015 undertaken by Work Package 1 (WP1) for each of the four case studies (the Bangladesh Delta, the Indian Bengal Delta, the Mahanadi Delta, and the Volta Delta). The report identifies primary and secondary stakeholders, who are relevant to DECCMA or related issue areas. Primary stakeholders are directly affected by DECCMA (high interest/ high influence) whereas secondary stakeholders are only indirectly affected (high interest/ low influence; low interest/ high influence). Stakeholder maps are produced for each of the four case studies, which show the relative influence and interest of each stakeholder. WP1’s methodological approach is based on the idea of Dynamic Stakeholder Mapping (DSM), a concept that is further set out in the Stakeholder Engagement Plan (Allan and Adams 2015), which includes multiple validation rounds and revisions of the map, mirroring DECCMA’s project stages and progress. 1.1. Methodological Approach to Stakeholder Mapping As stated above, WP1 uses a DSM approach. This approach includes multiple rounds of stakeholder mapping, which incorporates stakeholder analysis approaches (Reed at al. 2009, ODA 1995) with theories on multiple learning loops (Hargrove 2002, Pahl-Wostl 2009). There are four rounds of stakeholder engagement planned during the 5 year research DECCMA is undertaking, each round of stakeholder engagement lasting approximately one year. As an outcome of the first round of stakeholder engagement, an initial map of stakeholders was prepared, which identifies relevant stakeholders for the project according to the following criteria: Introduction WP 1 - Stakeholder Mapping for Adaptation in Deltas Sending and receiving areas Governance level (e.g. national, local etc.) Degree to which they could potentially influence project agenda Degree of interest in the project Policy uptake/ post-project follow-up Key questions for the mapping exercise were: Who is/ should be interested in the research topic of the project and its research outcomes? Who stands to lose or gain significantly from the project? Whose actions could potentially affect the project’s success? Mapping was conducted according to the following method: Figure 1: Methodological approach for stakeholder mapping Each stakeholder was assigned a score for each axis, from 0-5. At this early stage in the project, scoring was done based on existing understanding of the complex adaptation processes in each case study by country partners. This will be refined during future stakeholder engagement events using questionnaires to improve the assessment of stakeholders’ influence and interest in regards to DECCMA. 6 Introduction WP 1 - Stakeholder Mapping for Adaptation in Deltas DECCMA aims to successfully engage with stakeholders so that stakeholders